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Ingrid Scheffer
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Ingrid Scheffer at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
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Ingrid Eileen Scheffer
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| Education | Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (PhD) |
| Awards | Prime Minister's Prizes for Science (2014) L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (2012) |
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| Fields | Epilepsy Neurology |
| Institutions | Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health |
| Thesis | Inherited epilepsy syndromes in multiplex families (1988) |
Ingrid Eileen Scheffer AO FRS FAA FAHMS is an Australian paediatric neurologist and senior research fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She has made several major advances in the field of epilepsy research. Scheffer is credited with finding the first gene implicated in epilepsy. She has also described and classified novel epileptic syndromes such as Epilepsy limited to Females with Mental Retardation.
Early life and education
Ingrid Eileen Scheffer was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 21 December 1958. She finished her secondary schooling at Methodist Ladies' College in 1976. She attended Monash University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1983. She went on to complete her PhD in neurology at the University of Melbourne in 1998.
Career and research
Beyond further describing the aetiology of epilepsy, Ingrid has worked to characterise new epilepsy syndromes, from infancy to adulthood, which have permitted appropriate treatment and diagnosis, such as Dravet Syndrome and Epilepsy limited to Females with Mental Retardation. Her work also provides for more accurate genetic reproductive counselling.
Awards and honours
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2012)
- Prime Minister's Prize for Science (2014)
- Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018
See also
In Spanish: Ingrid Scheffer para niños
